China's economic role in the world is growing at a record pace, and it
is also now a key player in world politics .The country has no doubt
become a global manufacturing giant, but how will it deal with issues on
the home front such as increase in pollution and water shortages?
Although it has been confronted with tough environmental problems,
efforts are being made to solve these. In the final episode of this
series, through a range of interviews from Africa, the EU, the US, and
China, we find out how it is positioning itself as a major global
player.

MOUNT VERNON, Washington (Reuters) - A bridge that collapsed in
Washington state and sent two cars plunging into the Skagit River,
raising concerns about the safety of the nation's aging infrastructure,
was knocked down by a truck that crashed into at least one girder,
officials said on Friday.

The truck, after the accident, rumbled
across the bridge safely before a portion of the structure gave way,
sending a car and pick-up into the frigid river on Thursday evening,
along with a mass of concrete and steel. Three people were rescued.

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While
no one was killed, the collapse of the steel truss bridge built in 1955
prompted renewed calls from lawmakers in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere
for greater investment in the nation's aging infrastructure.

But
Washington state officials said preliminary indications were that the
bridge, which was inspected twice last year, was not structurally
deficient and fell because of the impact from the truck striking its
support beams.

"We had a collision between a very heavy vehicle
traveling at probably not a small amount of speed crashing into not just
one but probably multiple girders, and it failed," Governor Jay Inslee
told an afternoon press conference in Mount Vernon.

Officials say
the bridge, 55 miles north of Seattle, was not among the spans listed
by the state as "structurally deficient," which in some cases relates to
bridges that cannot carry their intended traffic loads.

But the
privately run National Bridge Inventory Database listed the bridge as
"functionally obsolete," widely defined by public officials as not built
to current standards and demands.

"Based on our inspecting, the
bridge is not structurally defective," said Lynn Peterson, state
secretary of transportation. "We do take hits on almost every one of our
bridges. This is just bad luck where and how it was hit."

KEY ARTERY

She said there were a number of bridges along Interstate 5 in Washington state rated lower than the bridge that collapsed.

A
new bridge that suffered a similar blow would have likely reacted the
same way, Washington State Department of Transportation spokeswoman Jan
Katzenberger said.

U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
investigators were on the scene of the collapse, which occurred on the
four-lane Interstate 5, the principal highway between Seattle and
Vancouver, Canada.

The NTSB said its members would inspect the
1,111-foot (339-meter) Warren Truss bridge, which links Mount Vernon and
Burlington, including its substructure, deck and superstructure.
Underwater inspections would also be conducted, the agency said.

David
Goldberg, a spokesman for the nonprofit policy group Transportation for
America, said that the bridge's status as "functionally obsolete" did
not necessarily mean that it needed to be replaced but that it might not
accommodate modern needs.

"A lot of these older bridges are
carrying much more traffic, and heavier traffic, than was envisioned
when they were built," Goldberg said.

"There is no redundancy
built in for the key structural elements. So if something happens -
being struck by a vehicle or watercraft, a slight tremor, or vibrations
from the traffic - it could set off a chain reaction that brings it
down," he said.

The truck driver, identified as 41-year-old
William Scott, made it across the bridge and pulled his vehicle to the
side of the road after the accident. He has not been arrested and was
cooperating with authorities.

Truckers must obtain a permit from
the state Department of Transportation to carry an oversize load. The
driver also receives a proposed route from the state, Washington State
Patrol spokesman Sergeant Kirk Rudeen said.

The fall of the British empire shows just how fast the tables can turn.The US needs to return to peace and compassion. It has become the monster that is claims to fight against﻿ so is divided and crumbling. The only way for it to stand again is to return to the values of the past... pre 1920's , It has destroyed the very democracy﻿ it claims to uphold in the world. Via hidden enemies of democracy within the Administration and Corporate world.

The London Woolwich murder was a direct consequence and feedback loop
resulting from continual murder and abuse of people in the Middle East
by Western governments. This was confirmed by the announcement of the attacker on a video just after he had killed the young soldier.
These consequences and feedback loops from government actions without
vision and wisdom, fueled by an insatiable lust for power and control
regardless of cost, suffering and loss of life, are beginning to feed
back like an accelerated tsunami at the Western government perpetrators
and their populations, with hatred and resentment naturally gathering
momentum in response to the crimes against humanity by the West in their
continual destruction, warmongering and virtual genocide across the
Middle East, and a continuance now moving further into Africa, like an
aggressive cancer, in the form of Africom (another word for NATO)
creating further hatred, suicide bombings and retaliations, as the US
and Western war machine rampages its way wherever it can, fueled by an
urgency to usurp China in the region, and greed, money, land grabs,
gold, uranium, minerals and strategic positioning.
Imagine a scenario whereby Middle Eastern countries were taking over
and bombing the United States and UK, killing up to 1 million innocent
women, ‘suspects’ and children, and almost daily terrorizing people
with Drones and soldiers on the ground. Imagine an occupation of the USA
and UK, causing chaos and bloodshed on a daily basis. Imagine how US
and UK citizens would feel if Syrian, Iraqi, Afghan soldiers were
kicking their doors down on a daily basis and destroying their culture,
heritage, peace, family life and stealing their land and oil, with
Predator Drones overhead watching them daily, dropping bombs on their
families and friends who were simply suspects. How would we feel our
innocent family, brothers, fathers and friends in Guantanamo, were being
tortured and abused daily, how would we feel?
Imagine US and UK citizens having birth defects from hundreds of tons
of depleted uranium nuclear weapons used on them causing cancers and
birth defects for generations, and contamination from the uranium
nuclear dust in the country for 4.5 billion years. Imagine how angry US
citizens would be if these other countries were murdering and hanging
our elected governments, and do we think that there would be retaliation
by US citizens towards the Muslim world? And towards people of the
Middle East? Like they are to us?
So let us not be surprised that people are attacking British soldiers
in revenge (horrific though it is) because it is very likely that US or
UK citizens would do the same or even much worse to Muslim soldiers if
they were killing US and UK citizens, our families, our children, our
history, happiness, our infrastructure, and our very future. Let us put
our arrogant, superior, Western selves in someone else’s shoes and
ponder these things before we wave our flags and vote for our
governments who are murdering and torturing innocent people. – Jason
Liosatos. www.jasonliosatos.com

Man fined $500 for LAUGHING in his home | Laugh Cost 500 Dollars Man
fined $500 for LAUGHING in his home | Laugh Cost 500 Dollars Man fined
$500 for LAUGHING in his home | Laugh Cost 500 Dollars

To get
thrown in jail because you laughed too loud in your own home sounds,
well, laughable. But that's reportedly what happened to Robert
Schiavelli, who was issued two tickets for laughing too loud out his
window and disturbing his neighbor. Cops responded to the scene and
determined that, indeed, Robert's chortling was disturbing -- hence the
summons, which could get him a $500 fine and up to 30 days in jail.
Robert doesn't think it's a laughing matter. But when you hear the
details -- it's not so funny.

Robert and his neighbor, Daniel
O'Hanian, have apparently had a long-standing feud, which Robert claims
stems from his neighbor doing some unneighborly-like things, such as
calling Robert, who suffers from seizures and neurological impairments, a
"retard" and making fun of him.

So according to Robert, his
defense is to laugh off his neighbor's taunts. And apparently he does
this so loudly that his neighbor complained.

Police gave out
tickets for "disturbing the peace" on two occasions because Robert's
guffawing could be heard across the driveway and in his neighbor's home.
When asked about the complaint, O'Hanian's wife says, "The police
investigated and found there was cause. I think the police can answer
all your questions. I think the police did what they thought was best."

I
tend to agree with the neighbor. I don't know what the source of their
feud is, and if O'Hanian, who wouldn't respond, really is being a
terrible neighbor and making fun of Robert, but I do know cops don't
normally issue a noise summons -- let alone two of them -- without
hearing a lot of noise. There's "laughing off your neighbor" and then
there's "laughing to annoy your neighbor," and I suspect that's what
Robert was doing.

Just because you are in your own home doesn't
mean you can do whatever you want and disturb the peace in whatever way
you want. We all have to live on the same planet, you know.

I'd
also suggest these guys have a good laugh together and settle their
differences -- I've read about too many neighborly arguments that end up
in tragedy, not comedy.

Date: 05/24/2013Michael Rivero is the webmaster of http://whatreallyhappened.com/
and host of the What Really Happened radio shows on the Republic
Broadcasting Network. Formerly with NASA, Michael transitioned his image
processing skills (along with a brief stint as an actor) into the
then-new motion picture computer animation field and has worked on films
such as "Star Trek", "The Day After Tomorrow", and has supervised
visual effects on "Brainscan," "LOST", and "Hawaii Five-0." Michael has
taken a sabbatical from film work to focus all his efforts on peace
activism. Michaels foray into blogging began before the word was even
invented, and happened almost by accident when he spotted a suspicious
photograph being broadcast on ABC news in 1994 related to the death of
White House deputy Council Vincent Foster. Since that sudden beginning,
Michaels website has expanded to cover diverse topics including the JFK
assassination, the accidental shoot-down of TWA 800, election fraud,
health issues, Saddams non-existent nuclear weapons, 9-11, the economy,
and of course, the lies used to trick the United States into wars of
conquest on Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Iran. Michael resides in Hawaii
with his wife Claire, who is a composer and creates much of theme music
used on the What Really Happened radio show.

While the FDA marches on with their plans to take away your right to
health and nutrition, this documentary threatens to blow their
tyrannical rule apart. Never before seen footage, and never before heard
evidence that will SHOCK you into action.

This video was
originally LIVE Streamed from the world premiere of Dr. Gary Null's new
documentary "The War on Health" exposing the Food and Drug
Administration's long-standing corruption, followed by a Q&A with
the director.

Today 5/24/2013
Google Predicts a Robotic Future
On the Friday, May 24 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex continues his coverage of the IRS effort to attack the establishment's political opposition, Obama's Attorney General signing off on seizing reporter emails, and Google CEO Eric Schmidt's prediction that the company will be capable of developing artificial intelligence for its programs that will be indistinguishable from a human being within 5-10 years. On today's worldwide broadcast, Alex talks with Canadian engineer, politician, and writer Paul Hellyer who has exposed the shadow government cabal comprised of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Bilderbergers, the Trilateral Commission and the international banking cartel.

Gary Null visits Union Square farmers market and talks to people about genetically modified food.The world's leading Scientists, Physicians, Attorneys, Politicians and Environmental Activists expose the corruption and dangers surrounding the widespread use of Genetically Modified Organisms in the new feature length documentary, "Seeds of Death: Unveiling the Lies of GMOs".

Activists have announced a global protest against Monsanto's reach into
the global food security set for May 25th. Protests are scheduled to
take place in more than 36 countries--including the United States. All
of this following Congress' passage of the so-called Monsanto Protection
Act -an amendment granting the bio-tech giant legal immunity in the
U.S. RT's own Anastasia Churkina joins us to talk more about it.

The plan is to inflate their(banksters) troubles away, but at such a slow pace(5-10% per year) that no one will mind, too much. If they don’t print money fast enough, bank holidays, or Bail-Ins(Cyprus) will be necessary to save the banksters. Since banks are paying no interest, gold makes the most sense, followed by anything ‘Not in a Bank’.
Zimbabwe will look prosperous compared with where Obama is taking us.
As the dollar falls to parity with the old Zimbabwe currency, our
weakling Congress is absolutely pathetic, too afraid to impeach a black
communist for fear of looking racist, even while the country is heading
toward smoldering ruins. A Pentagon coup is more attractive than
another 3 years of Obama. At least then, there could be no pretense of
legitimacy in government.

World Financial Collapse coming Soon. Coming Global Financial Collapse That Will Make Your Hair Stand Up
Are You Prepared For The Coming Economic Collapse And The Next Great Depression?
Is the world on the verge of another massive global financial collapse? Yes. The western world is drowning in an ocean of debt unlike anything the world has ever seen before, and our financial markets are gigantic casinos that are dependent on huge mountains of risk and leverage remaining very stable. In the end, this house of cards that has been built on a foundation of sand is going to come crashing down in a horrifying manner.

During President Obama's first major counterterrorism address of his
second term, he said the United States cannot continue waging what he
described as a boundless global war on terror. He also discussed his
administration's efforts to close down the U.S. military prison at
Guantánamo Bay. He was repeatedly confronted by CodePink's Medea
Benjamin in the audience, ultimately stopping his speech to address her
directly. We air the complete exchange between them. "The voice of that
woman is worth paying attention to," Obama said in response to Benjamin.
"Obviously, I do not agree with much of what she said, and obviously
she wasn't listening to me in much of what I said. But these are tough
issues, and the suggestion that we can gloss over them is wrong."

Tonight Stan Deyo, internationally acclaimed author of The Cosmic
Conspiracy, to join us during the second hour of the show to discuss
recent earth events, from earthquake and volcanic activity, sinkholes to
the latest Oklahoma tornado that was "of the charts." What is happening
not only in the U.S., but across the world? What could we possibly see
happen next?

The department of homeland security bought enough﻿ hollow point rounds to supply police with 1000 more rounds per officer than the military has per soldier. They also have a crowd control vehicle with gun ports, a loudspeaker, teargas dispenser, reinforced battering ram bumpers, and 16 man deployment capabilities (all armed).....they cant fight an insurrection without their line guys and those guys come from the very families they would be suppressing so there would be a LOT of refusal of orders and the chain would break down. cops cant be troops. we cant be cops. its﻿ just premise of our mission statement. they can try a police state but to actually beat down the masses they need us to do it and most of us are not ok with that immoral order. some would be but theres bad eggs everywhere ya know?

Ann Barnhardt of the former Barnhardt Capital Managemen states 'We're seeing the complete disintegration of the financial system before our very eyes! It's Soviet! It's truly, truly Soviet!! You've got to get your money out of the financial system! Nothing is safe! Not just the futures markets, but the entire thing! Stocks, 401k, IRA, deposit accounts. GET YOUR MONEY OUT OR ELSE IT IS ALL GOING TO BE STOLEN FROM YOU! IT'S ALL A PONZI!!!
The owner of the former BCM brokerage states that JP Morgan knows the end is in sight, and they know that in a lawless environment, possession is EVERYTHING!

“Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people.”Henry Kissinger

“once a standing army is established, in any country, the people lose their liberty.”George Mason

“Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy.”Henry Kissinger

“If you are an ordinary person, then you can prepare yourself for war by moving to the countryside and building a farm, but you must take guns with you, as the hordes of starving will be roaming. Also, even though the elite will have their safe havens and specialist shelters, they must be just as careful during the war as the ordinary civilians, because their shelters can still be compromised.”Henry Kissinger

"We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns?" Joseph Stalin

The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.Joseph Stalin

Governments keep a lot of secrets from their people . . .Why aren't the people in return allowed to keep secretsfrom the government?PHILIP ZIMMERMAN, DER SPIEGEL“Some call it Communism, I call it Judaism.” Rabbi Stephen Weiss

“Anti-Communism is Anti-Semitism.” Jewish Voice, July - August 1941

Taxing People is Punishing SuccessUNKNOWN

There's the rich, the poor, and the tax payers...also known as the middle class.Robert Kiyosaki ‏

The Tax you pay is The Bill for Staying StupidStefan Molyneux

“The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is, perhaps, the most astounding piece of sleight of hand that was ever invented. Banks can in fact inflate, mint and un-mint the modern ledger-entry currency.” Major L L B Angus

The few who understand the system will either be so interested in its profits or so dependent on its favours that there will be no opposition from that class, while on the other hand, the great body of the people mentally incapable of comprehending the tremendous advantage that capital derives from the system will bear its burdens without complaint and perhaps without even suspecting that the system is inimical to their interests.The Rothschild Bros

"Debts must be collected, bonds and mortgages must be foreclosed as rapidly as possible. When, through a process of law, the common people lose their homes they will become more docile and more easily governed through the influence of the strong arm of government, applied by a central power of wealth under control of leading financiers.

This truth is well known among our principal men now engaged in forming an imperialism of Capital to govern the world.

By dividing the voters through the political party system, we can get them to expend their energies in fighting over questions of no importance. Thus by discreet action we can secure for ourselves what has been so well planned and so successfully accomplished."

USA Banker's Magazine, August 25 1924

Cutting Tax Rates stimulates Economic Growth creates more Profit , more Jobs and therefore The Treasury ends up with more Tax Money UNKNOWN

Taxation is legalized Theft UNKNOWN

"The Objective of the Bank is not the control of a conflict , it's the control of the debt that a conflict produces . The real value of a conflict , the true value is in the debt that it creates . You control the debt , you control everything . this is THE VERY ESSENCE OF THE BANKING INDUSTRY , to make us all , whether we be nations or individuals , SLAVES TO DEBT " An UNKNOWN Banker

Patriotism is the last refuge... to which the scoundrel clings .... Steal a little and they throw you in jail ..steal a lot and they﻿ make you king ....

Bob Dylan

"Corporations are stealing billions in tax breaks, while the confused, screwed citizenry turn on each other. International corporations have no national allegiance, they care only for profit." Robert Reich

There is NO political answer to a spiritual problem!Steve Quayle

Political Correctness is a Political Stand Point that does not allow Political Opposition , This is actually The Definition of Dictatorship Gilad Atzmon

The modern definition of racist is someone who is winning an argument with a liberalPeter Brimelow

When People lose everything and have nothing left to lose , They Lose It ! GERALD CELENTE

Your Greatest Teacher is Your Last Mistake DAVID ICKE

The one who Controls the Education System , Controls﻿ PerceptionUNKNOWN

"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by﻿ those who watch them without doing anything."

Albert Einstein

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No man escapes when freedom fails; The best men rot in filthy jails. And those that cried 'Appease! Appease!' Are hanged by those they tried to pleaseUNKNOWN

Freedom is not FreeUNKNOWN

Don't Steal The Government Hates The CompetitionRon Paul

"Buy The Rumor , Sell The Fact "Peter Schiff

You can love your Country and not your Government

Jesse Ventura

" The Government Works for ME , I do not answer to them They Answer to ME "Glenn Beck

"Tyranny will Come to Your Door in a Uniform "Alex Jones

"The Government is not The Solution to our Problems , The Government is The Problem "Ronald Reagan

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."Plato

The world is a﻿ tragedy to those that feel, and a comedy to those that think...Beppe Grillo

"The people should not fear the government for it is the government who should fear the people"UNKNOWN

"If You are looking for solutions to the world's problems , look in the Mirror , You Are The Solution , You have the power as a human being on this planet " UNKNOWN

"They don't control us , We empower them " UNKNOWN

"Serial Killers do on a Small Scale What Governments do on a large one..."

Serial Killer Richard Ramirez

There is a Class War going on in America, & unfortunately, my class is winning."Warren Buffet

"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is﻿ liberty."

Thomas Jefferson

"College is a waste of﻿ Money"Albert Einstein

Schools manufacture people who think that they're smart but they're not. Robert Kiyosaki

Education is what you learn after you leave School Robert Kiyosaki

" ‏Schools were designed to create employees for the big corporations."Robert Kiyosaki

"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey, he is obligated to do so" Thomas Jefferson

Dissent is the highest form of patriotismThomas Jefferson

“True education makes you feel stupid. It makes you realize you have so much more to learn.”Robert Kiyosaki

"One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching." - Gerard Way

"Aspire not to have More but to be More "UNKNOWN

The losers in life think they have all the answers. They can’t learn because they’re too busy telling everyone what they know. Robert T. Kiyosaki ‏

"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again. -This time more intelligently."Henry Ford

What You Own Owns You UNKNOWN

If you expect the government to solve your problems, you have a problem.Robert Kiyosaki ‏

"Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security." Benjamin Franklin

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Always trust someone who is seeking the truth , never trust someone who found it" Jordan Maxwell

Be The Change you want to see in The World UNKNOWN

Failure inspires winners but defeats losersRobert Kiyosaki ‏

“If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people”A Chinese Proverb

"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out--Because I was not a Socialist.Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out--Because I was not a Trade Unionist.Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--Because I was not a Jew.Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me." UNKNOWN